(prize-winner in poetry competition <br /> HIKC Lhr 2007) <br /> <br />Sitam ka baar uthaanay me kuchh kami na rahi <br />Bujhi he pyas kuchh esi k tashnagi na rahi <br /> <br />Nigah e naz ki jumbish pe jal uthhay taaray <br />'Phir us k baad charaghon me roshni na rahi' <br /> <br />Ajeeb silsila e ishq ki yeh manzil he <br />Mila Khuda to tamanna e bandagi na rahi <br /> <br />kuchh ese pal thay k mehfil ki jan thay hm bhi <br />Or ab yeh haal k khud se bhi dosti na rahi <br /> <br />Kahan kahan pe hukoomat he uss ki yadon ki <br />Wo kia gaya k gulon pe bhi taazgi na rahi <br /> <br />Guzar sakay to nhi jaan se pr tumharay baad <br />Rahi zaroor, , , mgr wesi zindagi naa rahi! ! !<br /><br />Shahzia Batool<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ghazal-urdu/